Fabulous news on Reporting Services in SQL Server 2005
If anyone ever doubted whether Microsoft listens to its customers, look no further than the following announcement from Paul Flessner:
Changes to the SQL Server 2005 product line. In February, we announced the product line for SQL Server 2005. As part of this announcement, we revealed that Reporting Services would ship with Standard and Enterprise Editions and that Report Builder would be available with Enterprise Edition. Based on your feedback, and because we believe that reporting is a core scenario for all customers, we've made the decision to include Reporting Services in all versions for SQL Server 2005 including Express, Workgroup, Standard and Enterprise Editions. In addition, Report Builder will be available with Workgroup, Standard and Enterprise Editions.
This is simply an outstanding outcome and directly based on feedback that has been acted on. Thank you Microsoft!